according to WKYT.

"Parties of such marriages will not be received as members, nor will they be used in worship services and other church functions, with the exception being funerals. All are welcome to our public worship services. This recommendation is not intended to judge the salvation of anyone, but is intended to promote greater unity among the church body and the community we serve."

Harville told The Kentucky Herald-Leader that the decision is an embarrassment to God, the church and the whole community.

"It sure ain't Christian," she explained. "It ain't nothing but the old devil working."

Harville and Chikuni plan to marry in July, but they won't be tying the knot in Pike County.

The U.S. Supreme Court declared anti-miscegenation laws unconstitutional in a 1967 decision. By 2005, Stanford University sociologist Michael Rosenfeld determined that 7 percent of all marriages in the U.S. were interracial.